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title: "Accessibility Checker Rule Help: Rpt_Aria_EmptyPropertyValue"
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### Element attribute(s): `{0}` value is empty

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When specifying a required WAI-ARIA attribute, the value must be non-empty

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### Why is this important?

For each WAI-ARIA attribute (a property or a state) used in an element, a valid value for the attribute must be specified. This enables assistive technologies to present the element appropriately.

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### What to do

 * Provide a valid value for the empty required attribute(s). Refer to the [WAI-ARIA 1.2 Taxonomy of States and Properties](https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#state_prop_taxonomy) for valid values for each attribute.

For example, the following element uses an `aria-live` property. The `aria-live` property requires a valid non-empty value set, one of which is `"polite"`.

<CodeSnippet type="single" light={true}>&lt;div role="range" aria-live="polite"&gt;Live region content.&lt;/div&gt;</CodeSnippet>

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### About this requirement

[IBM 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value](https://www.ibm.com/able/requirements/requirements/#4_1_2)
[W3C WAI-ARIA 1.2 Taxonomy of States and Properties](https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#state_prop_taxonomy)

### Who does this affect?

 * People using a screen reader, including blind, low vision and neurodivergent people

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